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I FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, March 28, 1999
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GROWING WITH FORSYTH
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agents has been directly affected by ERA’s training and marketing H S
techniques. Individuals committed to delivering quality customer
service, backed by a wealth of knowledge & experience make ERA
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ARTS & COMMUNITY
Pre-K registration begins April 5
Ninth District Opportunity’s Forsyth County
Head Start/Pre-K program will be having regis
tration for Pre-K beginning on Monday, April 5.
Children must be 4 years old by Sept. 1, 1999,
in order to qualify. Registration will be by phone
only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Registration
will begin at 9 a.m. and spots will be filled on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Pre-K classrooms will be located behind Big
Creek, Mashburn, Coal Mountain and Chestatee
elementary schools.
To register at Big Creek or Mashburn, call
(770) 889-0656. To register at Coal Mountain or
Chestatee, call (770) 889-9122.
Head Start
Forsyth County Head Start/Pre-K also is cur
rently accepting applications for the Head Start
program. Children must be age 4 by Sept. 1,
1999, to qualify, and income verification is
required.
Head Start classrooms are located behind Big
Creek and Chestatee elementary schools.
Children in the Cumming or Sawnee elementary
districts can be bused to Big Creek.
To schedule an appointment for application,
call (770) 889-0656 or (770) 889-9122.
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Make a difference in a child’s life...
By Susie LeMieux Brookshire
For the Forsyth County News
"A hundred years from now it
will not matter what my bank
account was, the sort of house I
lived in, or the kind of car I
drove... but the world may be
different because I was impor
tant in the life of a child."
- Author Unknown
The experts all agree: any
effort to help the next generation
- especially children at risk -
must include mentoring. We
know students can become more
successful in school and lead
productive adult lives in our
county if they have the opportu
nity to work with a mentor.
The Forsyth County Schools
mentoring program is a county
initiative based on the Search
Institute’s 40 Developmental
Assets model with a focus on
mentoring as an asset to build
healthy children.
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BECOME A MENTOR
A mentor provides a one-to
one relationship which fosters a
caring and supportive relation
ship with an adult role model.
One elementary student
described her mentor as “some
one who is very nice. She goes
walking with me. She listens to
me.” Becoming a mentor
involves committing to 30 min
utes per week during school
hours with your student for the
remainder of the school year and
hopefully the following year.
Forsyth County Schools will
provide training and follow-up
workshops to help you feel com
fortable as a mentor. Training is
provided at a central location
once a month, or we will come
to your organization and conduct
an on-site training. Our goal is to
link with the community in pro
viding mentors to students.
We need individuals, business
es, church organizations and
community members to become
involved in the mentoring pro
gram. We have approximately
14,000 students in Forsyth
County Schools and the number
is rapidly growing. The mentor
ing program works with all ele
mentary and middle schools and
our alternative school. Our chil
dren need your support and care.
For more information, call
Susie LeMieux Brookshire, pre
vention specialist, at (770) 887-
7705, ext. 218 to attend training
and to make a difference in a
child’s life.